Railway-tie.



PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905. J.,W; FIELD.

RAILWAY TIE nruoumn FILED APR. 20, 1905.

UNITED STATES QPATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. FIELD, OF WIOHITA FALLS, TEXAS.

/ RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applioationfiled April 20, 1905. Serial No. 256,559.

- 1 Q To all w/t'om it may concern.-

' clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in metalliccross-ties and in fastening means forsecuring the track-rails thereon.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, and eflicient tie and fastening of this character by meansof which the track-rails may be tened upon the tie.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan View of a. tie and track fastening constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the cushionblocks for supporting the track-rail. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of one of the cross-ties, and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view through a slightly -modified form of cross-tie.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes my improved metallic tie, which is in the form of a channeled beam consisting of a bottom 2, sides 3, and base-flanges 4, which may be disposed horizontally in the same plane as the bottom 2, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, or which may be bent downwardly at an angle, as shown in Fig. 6. The tie 1 is preferably rolled or may be cast or otherwise formed.

The track-rails 5 are adapted to be supported above the top of the tie 1 uponcushionblocks 6, which are preferably blocks of wood placed upon the bottom 2 of the tie between its sides 3. The rails are secured by fastening-plates 7 and 8, which are adapted to engage the base-fianges of said rails and to be bolted or otherwisesecured to the block 6 and quickly and securely fasthe base of the rail. Said plate 7 is also v'formedadjacent to its ends with openings 11,

through which are passed clamping-bolts 12 and-18. These bolts also pass through slots 14, formed in the cushion-blocks 6,and through key-shaped openings 15, formed in the bottom 2- of the tie. These openings 15 are made key-shaped, and the slots 14 are provided in order to permit the bolts to be inserted from the top of the tie.

It will be seen upon reference to Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings that in applying the bolts their heads may be passed through the enlarged portions of the slots'15, which portions .are not covered by the blocks 6, and then moved into the reduced portions of the openings 15 and into the slots 14, so that when the nuts 16 are screwed upon the upper threaded ends of the bolts the fastening-plates will be securely clamped in position. The bolts are Patented Sept. 19, 1905 preferably formed with square portions adjacent to their heads to engage the walls of the openings 15 to prevent rotation of the bolts, and the under sides of the bottom 2 of the tie adjacent to the openings 15 are serrated or roughened, as shown at 17, to prevent the bolts,'when screwed up, from moving or slipping longitudinally in the slots 14.

The plate 8 is adapted to bear upon the end of the base 9 of the plate 7 and upon the opposite side of the base of the'rail and is formed with an opening 18, adapted to aline with the openings or slots 11, 14, and 15, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. 7

The construction, use, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be seen that the tie may be manufactured at a comparatively small cost and that the trackrails may be quickly and easily secured thereto by the fastening device shown and described.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin-' ICC tures in alinement with the slots in said block, bolts passed through said alining slots and openings and having their heads engaged with the under side of said tie. and nuts upon the threaded upper ends of said bolts.

2. The combination with a channeled metal tie having base-flanges and key-shaped openings in its bottom, key-shaped bolt-receiving openings, a cushion-block upon the bottom of said tie between its sides and formed with slots to aline with the openings in said tie, a fastening-plate upon the top of said block formed with apertures to aline With said slots, a rail-engaging lip upon said plate, a rail upon said plate having one of its base-flanges engaged With said lip, a second fastening-plate engaged with the other base flange of said rail and having an aperture adapted to aline with one of the apertures in the first-mentioned fastening-plate, bolts passed through said alining apertures and slots and having their heads engaged with the bottom of said tie, and nuts upon the threaded upper ends ol said bolts, substantially as deseribod.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN \V. FIELD.

Witnesses:

MARK D. \VALKER, SETH N. MAYFIELI). 

